Run Baby Run

by The Newbeats

Overview

The Newbeats' third album was anchored by their 1965 smash hit "Run Baby Run," which had a sort of Four Seasons-meets-Motown sound. The rest of the record was, unfortunately, rather typical of the hasty way in which many rock LPs of the time were filled out. There were about half-a-dozen extraneous covers of mid-'60s hits by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, and the Supremes. A handful of other mediocre numbers drew lightly on contemporary influences like Merseybeat, Motown (particularly on "This Old Heart"), Tommy Tucker's "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (whose gait is aped in "Lookin' for Love"), and the Four Seasons, all using one of the shrillest male falsetto voices (Larry Henley's) to grace 1960s rock recordings. [Ace's 2004 CD reissue added 15 bonus tracks, all taken from 1965-1968 singles. For the most part they were mainstream pop/rock efforts in varying styles, from Motown-lite and a near Middle Eastern polka hybrid called "Short on Love" to a cover of the Everly Brothers' "Bird Dog." There was also a mono version of "Run Baby Run" and a number called "Swinger" that sounded like a rejected James Bond theme.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	12/07/2004
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667004626

Tracks

1. Run Baby Run
2. Hang on Sloopy
3. Help
4. Little Child
5. It's Really Goodbye
6. Oh, Girls, Girls
7. Oh, Pretty Woman
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
9. This Old Heart
10. Come See About Me
11. Mean Wooly Willie
12. Lookin' for Love
13. Run Baby Run
14. Crying My Heart Out
15. Short on Love
16. Bird Dog
17. Evil Eva
18. My Yesterday Love
19. Top Secret
20. Hide the Moon
21. Don't Turn Me Loose
22. You and Me and Happiness
23. Swinger
24. Bad Dreams
25. Michelle de Ann
26. I've Been a Longtime Loving You
27. The Girls and the Boys

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Newbeats   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Michael Kunze   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
William Dees   Composer
El Gant   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Joe Melson   Composer
Don Gant   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Bucky Jones   Composer
Arthur Resnick   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Bob Morris   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
Mark Charron   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer
Roy Orbison   Composer
Jimmy Jay   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Robert L. Montgomery   Composer
Kris Resnick   Composer
Joseph Levine   Composer
Bobby Montgomery   Composer
Marcus Mathis   Composer
Fred Jacobson   Composer
Dan Folger   Composer
Gene Kennedy   Composer
Ralph Siegel   Composer
Jay Turnbow   Composer
Larry Parks   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer